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Obama's paparazzi presidency

ABC’s Jake Tapper predicted this week that Barack Obama will be "the Britney Spears of 2009." Considering that Obama was deemed by some to be the Britney Spears of 2008, it wasn’t much of a leap. But a funny thing happened on the way to the cover of Us ...

From DANIEL LIBIT,JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  1 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Britney Spears,  John McCain,  People Magazine,  Jeff Jarvis

'Che' relevant to American politics

Steven Soderbergh is no stranger to political material, directing tough films about the war on drugs (“Traffic”) and environmental laws (“Erin Brockovich”), as well as executive producing the Middle East drama “Syriana” and co-creating the HBO lobbyist ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  12 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Steven Soderbergh,  Erin Brockovich,  HBO,  Benicio del Toro,  Fidel Castro

The top 10 political films of '08

The greatest political epic of the year, of course, was the ongoing daily drama of the presidential race. Marked by more thrilling twists than a Steven Spielberg film, Election 2008 proved that Will Smith isn’t the only big-eared guy with a wide grin ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  10 Dec 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Steven Spielberg,  Will Smith,  Iron Man,  Robert Downey Jr.

'How Obama Got Elected' eyes voters, media

The controversial "How Obama Got Elected" video by John Ziegler is only part of a longer documentary that the conservative talk radio host hopes to release early next year. The viral video of interviews with Obama voters — one that Ziegler said shows ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  30 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John Ziegler,  John Zogby,  Conservative Political Action Conference,  Jay Leno

Obama's real friends in Hollywood

Reading the newspapers or watching cable news, you might think that President-elect Barack Obama’s best pals in Hollywood are George Clooney, Barbra Streisand and David Geffen. However, as with most things in Los Angeles, the facade often hides a less ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  19 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George Clooney,  David Geffen,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  White House

McCain laughs through his tears

Making his first public comment a week after he lost the election to Barack Obama, John McCain joked with "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno that his defeat was "all the press' fault" and that he's "ready to go again" in 2012. McCain's appearance, which ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Jay Leno,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  White House

The best party is a Hollywood party

Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party — certainly each is fine in its own way. But nothing beats a Hollywood party. And there will be plenty of those tonight as showbiz types gather in Los Angeles, New York and, of course, ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  4 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Libertarian Party,  U.S. Green Party

10 most viral videos of the campaign

The spot's mix of speech, music, spoken word, simple guitar strumming and very pretty young people rings with inspiration. They zip in and out of e-mail accounts, get millions of views on YouTube and sometimes put the Madison Avenue creations of ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  2 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Obama Girl,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Howard Stern (politician),  MTV

Obama avoids same-sex marriage fight

As the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain tightens in its last days, another political battle is rivaling the presidential race for a nail-biting finish: the fight in California over Proposition 8, an initiative that would ban same-sex ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  2 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John McCain,  Steven Spielberg,  Brad Pitt,  Democratic National Committee

The Jimmy Smits interview

"Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."- Thomas Jefferson 1789 While being tortured by his captures all those years ago certainly could be seen as character-building; what hes done since, in ...

From JEFFREY RESSNER, The Politico,  1 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Jimmy Smits,  Thomas Jefferson,  John McCain

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